ξένη
ὁ μὴ δαρεὶς ἄνθρωπος οὐ παιδεύεται → spare the rod and spoil the child | οne who hasn't been flayed is not being taught | if the man was not beaten, he is not educated | the man, who was not paddled, is not educated
English (LSJ)
ἡ, fem. of ξένος : 1 (sc. γυνή) foreign woman, A.Ag.950, etc. 2 (sc. γῆ) foreign country, ἐν ξένᾳ S.Ph.135(lyr.); ἐπὶ ξένης X.Lac.14.4 ; ἐπὶ ξ. καταβιοῦν Phld.Rh.2.146S., cf. Plu.2.576c, etc.
German (Pape)
[Seite 276] ἡ, fem. zu ξένος, 1) sc. γυνή, die Fremde, die Gastfreundinn; H. h. Cer. 249; ξείνας, Pind. P. 4, 233; Aesch. Ag. 924 u. sonst. – 2) sc. ἡ χώρα, die Fremde, fremdes Land; Soph. Phil. 135; Eur. Andr. 136; Philostr. u. a. Sp.; ἐπὶ ξείνης, in der Fremde, Paul. Sil. 82 (XII, 560). – Auch = ξενία, gastliche Aufnahme, Gastlichkeit, wo man τράπεζα ergänzt.
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
ξένη: ἡ, θηλ. τοῦ ξένος· 1) (ἐξυπακ. τοῦ γυνή), ξένη γυνή, ἐκ ξένης χώρας, Αἰσχύλ. Ἀγ. 950 κλπ. 2) ἐξυπακουομ. τοῦ γῆ), ξένη χώρα, ἐν ξένᾳ Σοφ. Φιλ. 135· ἐπὶ ξένης Ξεν. Λακ. 14, 4, πρβλ. Πλούτ. 2. 576C.
French (Bailly abrégé)
ης (ἡ) :
v. ξένος.
